Dylan Skriloff, 33, Editor-in-Chief and Associate Publisher of the Rockland County Times photographed in his Nanuet office on April 26, 2013. / John Meore/The Journal News

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STONY POINT — A weekly newspaper editor is running for town supervisor as a Republican.

At its recent convention, the Stony Point Republican Committee nominated Dylan Skriloff, 33, of Stony Point, as its candidate for town supervisor in the fall.

Skriloff is associate publisher and editor-in-chief at the Rockland County Times in Nanuet.

June Jobson, the committee’s chairwoman, said that at the convention, James Monaghan and Thomas Basile were selected as Republican Town Board candidates. Town Justice Frank Phillips and Receiver of Taxes Kathy Campbell-Lyons are running for re-election as Republican candidates.

“I think we have a good ticket,” Jobson said.

After The Journal News left messages seeking comment, Skriloff sent an email saying he would not give any interviews until next week, when he will have a platform ready.

Prior to working at the Rockland County Times, he freelanced for The Journal News in 2004 and 2005, and later served as communications specialist for the Rockland Business Association and Rockland Community College. He was also a staff reporter for the now-defunct Hudson Valley Business Journal.

Skriloff, a member of the Conservative Party, has lived in Stony Point for most of the past 13 years, he wrote.

Skriloff wrote that should he win, he intends to stay in an executive position at the newspaper part time and hire a managing editor.

Though some might raise an issue of conflict of interest by him being a politician and journalist, he did not think that’s the case.

“If anything, as an elected official, I would expect to have more insight into news in Rockland County and thus the newspaper’s quality of journalism should only improve,” Skriloff wrote. “The prior publisher of our newspaper, Armand Miele, twice ran for high office and was generally involved in politics.”

This year’s Stony Point Republicans’ convention was held about a month earlier than usual, and their counterparts, Stony Point Democrats, haven’t set the date for their convention, said Democratic Town Supervisor Geoffrey Finn.

But Finn said Thursday that he would be running for re-election, adding that he was excited to learn about Skriloff’s candidacy the day before.

“I think the people in Stony Point see the job I’m doing and they will continue to see that through the election time,” Finn said. “I’m confident that if I continue to do the the job I’m doing and work closely with my board, whether Democrat or Republican, that the people will see that we are all in it for the right reason and continue to vote for me.”

Democratic Town Board members Luanne Konopko and James McDonnell are up for re-election.